Don't leave it to chance

Alison Telfer

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Diverse practice

Jackie McFadyen

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Deep vein thrombosis: clinical nursing management

Martha Wallis, Ricky Autar

Type 2 diabetes in children

Sue Howdle, Terry Wilkin

Self-administration of medicine and older people

Caroline McGraw, Vari Drennan

Other treatments could compare to honey

Peter Lowthian, John Topham

The double life of the nursing student and parent

Dawn Francey

Outside in

David Newnham

Appointment panel was what members wanted

Debbie Murdock

Pay: your verdict on 3.7 per cent

Dawn Greenwood, Gareth Dyton, Steve Nicholson, Jackie Aitken, Helen Eady

Nursing homeless men: a study of proactive intervention

Sarah Fisher

The power of patients’ groups

Brenda C Poulton

Practice nursing

Constance Martin

Confidence boost

Emma Keeble

Right to life

Helen Caulfield

Standard life

Daniel Allen

The fuss over fees

FO Ettinger, Chris Bassett, Lesley Chivers

Language barrier

Anne Casey

Ask the experts

Walk-in wonderland

Lynne Pearce

Abandoned but not alone

Mary Hampshire

Driving change

Catharine Sadler

Keep it simple

Bill Doult

Continence action

Sue Thomas

Postcards help to win free uniform campaign

Stuart McKenzie

Every voice counts

Liam Williams

Growing political leaders

Sue Antrobus

A new breed of activist

Colin Parish

World class service

Pat Healy

Some families respond better than others to diet change

Moderate exercise has minimal effect on BP

New drug could speed up labour and reduce pain

How much do practice nurses know about HRT?

Doctors clash with nurses over prescribing rights

Colin Parish

Worldwide exercise

Mobile phone fears proved in US

On the move

Prepare for influx of recruits

Managers get timetable for HR strategy

Nurse to take lead on overseas recruitment

Trusts awarded

Trusts must meet childcare criteria for share of £58m

Minister visits homeless project

Personal care distinction ‘won’t work in practice’

Nick Lipley

Nurse ratios don't affect mortality

News in brief

Putting staff in the picture

Managers will struggle to close credibility gap

Dispute delays results

Specialist nurses deskill profession

Christian Duffin

Trusts told to give nurses more guidance on MMR

Christian Duffin

HIV-positive students can still train

Learn from NHS mistakes

Police drop school jab case

Up on the roof

How can we best learn from our mistakes?

A racist witch-hunt

Thomas Linda